Importance of culture in laboratory diagnosis of Bordetella pertussis infections.

Nasopharyngeal secretions from 223 patients were examined for the presence of Bordetella pertussis and B. parapertussis by culturing on Regan-Lowe agar (J. Regan and F. Lowe, J. Clin. Microbiol. 6:303-309, 1977) and by direct fluorescent-antibody testing. B. pertussis was found in 38 patients; B. pa...

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Main Authors: Gilligan, P H, Fisher, M C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1984
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC271468/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6096397
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